02/08/2026
Last Autumn we had the pleasure of planting this garden as a viewpoint from the living room window of a retreat/community space. Less than one full growing season and it's almost at full density. A few plants are now moving into their sunbaked summer state (that's ok, so are we). While other more drought adapted plants love the heat, and seem to steal the show. It's only another couple of months and we will observe some plants springing back to life, and a different display of colours and textures.
If you want to save a lot of time and maintenance - for a diverse, well adapted, low maintenance, drought tolerant plantation such as this, and in this particular region (Southern Algarve), we cannot stress it enough. Plant in Autumn!